Ents of Fangorn

Battle of Helm's Deep

Back to Main Page

The Return of the King

Set Info

Index

Thumbs

Product

Ents of Fangorn
ID	6
Name	Ents of Fangorn
Creator	Decipher
Release Date	2003-07-02
Is Official	yes
Platforms	Paper • LotR-O • GEMP • mLOTRO • Tabletop Simulator • Lackey • gccg
Notes

Ents of Fangorn (or EOF) is the second expansion of Towers Block and the sixth set overall. It was released on July 2, 2003. The set contained 122 cards (40 commons, 40 uncommons, 40 rares, and 2 premium cards that only appeared in starter decks), all of which could appear in foil versions. One rare from the set had a Tengwar version produced and six rares from the set were printed in starter decks with alternate art (three per deck).

Themes and Mechanics

Ents of Fangorn continued introducing cards to support the strategies and cultures from The Two Towers and Battle of Helm's Deep, but also broke new ground in a number of small ways. Wraiths (not Ringwraiths) were introduced to the Sauron culture, as were Trolls. Neither of those first attempts ended up more than novelties, but later in King Block the Sauron Troll Swarm would being to be a thing of terror.

Ents completed their arc, and for the first time had companions released that were not hampered by the Unhasty keyword.

Ringwraith makes their first showing in Towers Block, including a very important cycling staple in the form of Fell Beast (6U83) .

The Balrog also makes his final Movie Block appearance, in a form that is no longer required to be played Underground.

Starter Decks

This set continues the experiment begun in Battle of Helm's Deep, where the 3 random Rare cards that normally came in a Starter Deck are replaced with fixed Alternate Image "rares" which thematically suited the deck. This was the last set that followed this pattern, and with The Return of the King random rares would be restored to the starter decks once more.

The Witch-king Starter is notable for being the first starter deck themed around a Shadow premium card.

• Faramir Starter Deck: Gondor / Shire / Isengard
• The Witch-king Starter Deck: Gandalf / Ringwraith / Sauron

Cycles

Free Peoples Cycles
Cycle Name	Dwarven	Elven	Gandalf	Gondor	Rohan	Shire
Banners	Banner of Elbereth (6U14)	N/A	N/A	Banner of Westernesse (6U51)	Banner of the Mark (6U90)	N/A
	Hand weapons with an ability that triggers each time bearer wins a skirmish, as well as the ability "Response: If bearer wins a skirmish, discard this possession to liberate a site."
Two token conditions	Suspended Palaces (6C10)	Agility (6C12)	N/A	Garrison of Osgiliath (6C52)	We Left None Alive (6C97)	Kept Safe (6C111)
	Common support area conditions that enter with two culture tokens if you can spot a companion of the appropriate culture (except for Kept Safe, which assumes you have a Shire companion since at the time Frodo was the only ring-bearer). The conditions have an ability with a cost of removing a token or discarding the condition.

Notable Cards

• Glamdring, Lightning Brand (6R31)
• Ent Horde (6R28)
• Host of Fangorn (6U32)
• Quickbeam, Bregalad (6C33)
• Aragorn, Defender of Free Peoples (6R50)
• Banner of Westernesse (6U51)
• The Balrog, Terror of Flame and Shadow (6R76)
• Fell Beast (6U83)

---